Keeping track of IP addresses with software

Over the last little bit, I feel that I am losing a bit of my networking knowledge due to doing the same thing. I decided I needed a new challenge to help me stay fresh, and that I would start separating my home network into multiple Vlans and subnets. Currently, most of the devices in my house are on DHCP, which I’m fine with, except for a handful of more critical devices that need dedicated IPs. Usually, I either rely on my memory, which is not the greatest, or my browser history to find a device. My goal is to […]

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How to Batch Provision Ruckus APs

After using Ruckus’ SmartZone platform for a bit now, I have found a few tricks along the way that has made my life easier, one of these tricks is Batch Provisioning APs. This allows you to mass import AP’s into your controller with some pre-configured settings. (Name, location, description, IP settings, etc) while this doesn’t allow you to configure all of the settings of the AP it is a good start. To get started you will want to download a copy of the file used as a template for this. After getting the file there are a couple of things […]

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Keeping track of wireless validation surveys with excel

One thing that I have found helpful, is using excel to record the dates of when I have performed a wireless validation survey. This helps me know when that survey is getting old and needs to be re-evaluated. To do this I use the conditional formatting section in excel to show me a color code of these dates. This is as easy as selecting the column clicking the conditional formatting button, choosing color scales and use the one that I like the most. The nice part about this is as I populate this column with data excel will automatically change […]

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